Fishing hook and fly



Dec 28, 1948- R B. WRDEN FISHING HOOK AN FLY Fild Feb. s', 1947 j/o rn Patented Dec. 28, n1948 OFFICE-j FISHING -HooK AND FLY- R B. Worden, Granger, Wash. n. Application February 3, 194%, serial N0.'726,163

rlIhis invention relates generally to the classof shing and trapping and pertains particularly to'improvements in fishing hooks and ilies.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide an imp-roved shing hook of the snelled type in which the snell is slidably connected with the hook shank in a. novel manner whereby a sliding connection is provided which :facilities the formation of a loop adjacent to the hook shank, into which may be secured a bait such as an angle-worm, sh eggs or the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved fishing y in which the snell is slidably attached to the shank of the hook to facilitate the formation of a loop in which a body of a bait may be secured, such bait body when secured to the shank under the hair or feathers` forming the y, then appearing as the body of the fly.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, with the understanding that the invention is not to be confined to a strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but that minor changes and modifications may be made therein so long as such changes and modifications are within the scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a hook and snell constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view upon an enlarged scale corresponding to Figure 1 but showing parts in section.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on a line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section illustrating the application of the invention to a fly.

Figure 6 is a view illustrating the manner of bowing the snel] to facilitate the attachment of bait.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing the numeral I0 generally designates a fish hook having a shank portion II which at one end merges into the barbed point I2 while at its other end it is formed to provide the usual obliquely directed eye I3 which in the form shown in Figures 1 and 2, lies upon the side of the shank remote from the hook point.

v1 claim. (01.-42'4-28 In accordan-ce with the present invention an end of a snell or leader I4 is extended throughthe hook eye I3 and is then passed through a bead I5, formed into a loop and extended back through the bead andlnotted at its end as indicated at I6. The loop I'I thus formed is suitably enf larged by sliding one side through the bead, so that it can be slipped over the point l2 of the hook onto the shank after which the loop I7 is drawn up to closely surround the shank of the hook so that the end of the snell cannot then slip off of the hook point but is permitted free sliding movement lengthwise of the shank.

By this novel manner of slidably coupling the end of the snell with the shank of the hook it will be seen that when the loop I1 is slipped down away from the eye I3 the snell can be sprung or curved outwardly away from the shank to provide the bow I8 without having a sharp angle between one of its ends and the adjacent shank to which it is attached. A body of bait such as a mass of salmon eggs may then be placed in the bow between the latter and the hook shank whereupon, by drawing the snell back through the eye I3 the bow will be closed in toward the hook shank so as to grip or bind the mass of bait to the hook. Also, as will be readily apparent, any other bait body may be attached to the hook and secured in the same manner such, for example, as an angle-worm or blood worm as designated at I9, into the body of which the point of the hook may be forced and one end of the body wrapped around the hook shank and between the shank and the bow I8 to be bound thereto by the process of closing the bow by drawing the loop I'I up toward the eye I3.

It will also be readily aparent that the present invention may very electively be used in association with hooks having feathers or hair secured thereto to form a ily. In Figures 5 and 6 a ily is illustrated wherein the hairs 20 are bound to the shank of the hook as at 2|, in the usual manner and wherein the eye I3 is inclined towards the side of the shank nearest to the hook. With this arrangement when the snell is pulled back through the eye I3, the loop I1 will run up under and be covered by the hair and it will be readily seen that when a body of bait is secured to the shank between the latter and the bow, such bait body will simulate the body of an insect and thus complete the form and design of the articial liy.

It is also Within the purview of the present invention to use upon the snell or leader I4 a spinner 22 and beads 23.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that with the present novel method of slidably coupling the end of the snell or leader to the hook shank, when the bow I8 is formed the knot swings outward away from the hook shank so as to form the portion of the snell between the loop l1 and the eye I3 into a perfect bow instead of causing the shell to form a sharp bend at its point of connection with the shank as -would be the case if the leader were tied directly yto the shank or bound to a slide member mounted on the shank. Also, as will be readily apparent,`

when the leader wears at the loop I1 or Where `the spoon revolves around it, the

be easily and quickly enlarged by pulling one side of the leader through the bead so that thel Worn portion can be cut out and a new loop' loop I1 can easily and quickly formed Ywhich can be slipped back over the pointof the hook to re-establish a sliding connection betweenthe shank Yand the leader.

- -I claim: l

In shing tackle* a hook having a shank and an eye formedr at one end ofthe shank, a snell passing freely through the veye and a bead having the end of the shell passed through the lbead in 4 one direction and back in the opposite direction to form a loop, the free end of the snell being knotted, and said hook.l shank passing through said loop whereby the looped and bead carrying end of the snell has sliding movement on the hook shank.

R B. WORDEN.

REFERENCES CITED vThe following vreferences are of yrecord in the file oi this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Numberv Name Date 1,295,370 POIteI r.. Feb. 25, 1919 2,333,503 Worden NOV. 2, 194:3

OTHER REFERENCES Shakespeare Catalog LNo. 38A, copyright 1937, page 35, item 1,8 titled Turle knot. ShakespeareCo., Kalamazoo, Michigan. See Catalogs, Classffl. Abercrombie 8a Fitch-C0. -Catalog 1937, page 19, itemtitle'd Figure eight knot for -salrron flies. Madison Avenue at 45th` St., New York,

n, N- Y. See Catalogs, Class 43. 

